Construction and evaluation of production engineering mode for modern genuine traditional Chinese medicinal material

Traditional Chinese medicinal material is not only the material basis for the inheritance and development of Chinese medicine cause, but also a strategic resource in the national economy and people's livelihood. China is a large traditional Chinese medicinal material producer in the world, however, the issues of the planting of traditional Chinese medicinal material are becoming increasingly acute, including the lack of planting standard, imperfect management and quality and safety monitoring difficultly. Constructing scientific and systemic engineering mode for traditional Chinese medicinal material planting is more and more important for the development of Chinese herbal medicine industry. This paper involved traditional Chinese medicinal material production processes, including breeding, cultivation, harvesting and processing, storage and other links. Based on the three factors (biological factor, environmental factor and artificial factor) of genuine traditional Chinese medicinal material production, this paper put forward the hypothesis of 6 attributes of modern genuine Chinese medicinal material production, including biological nature attribute, ecological environment attribute, processing and storage attribute, character merchandise attribute, planting management attribute and quality security attribute. Based on this, through the theory, tools and methods of systematics, a new set of methodologies of 3 systems were established, including production standard system, planting management system and quality and safety system. Based on the 3 systems, the production engineering mode for modern genuine traditional Chinese medicinal material was constructed. According to the principles of science, practicality and simplicity, the realized degree evaluation index system of production engineering mode for modern genuine traditional Chinese medicinal material was established. The weights of these indices were reckoned by the use of the comparison matrix of analytic hierarchy process built in the software of MATLAB 7.6. The realized degree of traditional Chinese medicinal material planting engineering mode was evaluated by the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. The wood-log Ganoderma lucidum planting was used as a case study. The framework of comprehensive evaluation index system for production engineering mode of traditional Chinese medicinal material was made up of 3 grades and 19 indices. The comprehensive evaluation score of the realized degree of the wood-log Ganoderma lucidum planting was 0.71, which indicated that the engineering mode of this production presented a good level. This result was in accord with the field investigation result. The study will lay methodological foundation for the construction of production engineering mode for modern genuine traditional Chinese medicinal material and effectively guide the relative research and industry development. The result will not only has high reference value for Chinese herbal medicine production, but also provide theoretical support for the research of engineering mode of modern agricultural production. ©, 2015, Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering. All right reserved.